Dominic Jones

Hospitality, financial services, English/French lawyer. 🇯🇪🇪🇺 🦀

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

@FlyLoganair please can you let us know when we will be able to book the Jersey-Bordeaux flights that have been announced but not yet on your website? Thank you.

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

@CliveMyrieBBC we are all safe
in Jersey. We are used to
a bit of wind.

PS We live “in” Jersey not “on” it. We are a separate jurisdiction. You live “on” the Isle of Wight but “in” Australia.

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

Wonderful news yesterday. Natasha’s Law is coming to Jersey.

Thank you to @NatashasLegacy and everyone in Jersey who made this possible.

https://t.co/CdklrStMFH

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

@KemiBadenoch Do you understand the ethics of being a lawyer and that everyone is entitled to legal representation?

[Caritas Jersey CEO @CaritasJsyCeo]

Habemus Papam! We give thanks for our new Pope, Leo XIV.
Someone who will follow Pope Francis in reaching out to 'those on the margins'.
He follows Leo XIII who helped found Catholic Social Teaching with Rerum Novarum in 1891, a great signal for his Papacy & the poor!
#PopeLeoXIV

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

@JonathanRenouf My condolences to all your family. What a Jerseyman! May his memory and work keep influencing islanders for many years to come. His legacy is also in your work, which I am sure has made, and will continue to make him, very proud.

[Government of Jersey @GovJersey]

As Minister for Social Security, I want to clarify misconceptions on minimum wage, holiday pay & apprentices. Read more: https://t.co/JlaGTlvijp
@lyndsayfeltham

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

@lever_colin March 18th. Bookings open.

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

"The announcement marks a U-turn by the (Danish) government, which had previously refused to introduce such a law.

It comes as governments across Europe are trying to impose tighter regulations on children’s access to phones and social media."

France, Norway, Denmark.. and whole educational boroughs in UK have smartphone and social media restrictions in place to protect young children. When will Jersey?

@deputyrobward and @DeputyAlves

https://t.co/yIMACuBGhu

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

@jerseyrobins @keenjersey @JEPnews Agree. But that seems to have been quietly shelved. Once it’s seen as necessary it will be too late. #shorttermjersey

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

But I agree all valid points that need to be taken into account as part of a holistic approach to the problem. Currently reading Outrage Machine by @TobiasRose . Do read - it brings into stark focus the negative impact viral tech has had on all our minds and society in the last 10 years. Children are even more vulnerable.

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

Over 100 Barnet schools in London are banning smartphones in school for children up to Year 11. @deputyrobward and @DeputyAlves why are we delaying a similar move in Jersey? The evidence is compelling.

Hundreds of local families with children in years 5 to 11 (and beyond) are worried sick about the impact that smartphones have on their young children’s health, education and wellbeing.

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

@JerseyITGuy @susanainjersey @deputyrobward @DeputyAlves This is the vision: https://t.co/ShHkj2JAVa

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

Depends which school. Some Jersey schools allow phones during breaks, lunch etc from year 7. I believe schools a roll to play along with parents and society at large to prevent as many children as possible delay having smartphones until they are 14 and access to social media until they are 16.

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

For more on the above please listen to this to the end - it’s explains the argument well and gives evidence of the concerns parents have that their children are seeing extremely harmful content on other children’s phones at school. It also points out that in the Birmingham study referred to in this thread discussion only four of the 20 schools had an actual ban. Others just prohibited use during school day which can’t adequately be policed by the schools. https://t.co/VhCbwDrxfy

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I think that is happening (with mixed success) but many of us will also be supporting the Barnet and French approach too as we see it as a societal issue as is already the case with alcohol, drugs, knives (and indeed even prescription medicines which the education department says children shouldn’t, unless needed in an emergency, bring into school) etc which are not controlled at school level. CYRES has significant influence over most of the island schools through its detailed policies. One deals with online safety and the duty of schools to protect children in their care from harm. I foresee a risk of possible legal action where young children not given phones see harmful content on unrestricted phones of children who do during breaks during the school day. This is currently not policed in some schools. Nor can it be if you allow phones. A child can’t unsee something he or she has seen.

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

We do that as do all the current parents lobbying for a smart phone ban. And you are right that it’s not just a role for schools but society has a role to play as corporate parent for our young children. I can prevent my child seeing something online but I can’t if another child brings a phone to school and uses it in the playground as occurs in several schools locally from year 7 (12 years old) onwards. The state intervene in lots of issues like under age drinking, drugs, e-scooters and speed. In my view this is no different. Schools also have policies restricting certain harmful items. France has banned them in all schools for under 15s ( see my other reply) and Barnet won’t be the last Educational Authority in UK. It’s a world wide movement and I am convinced Jersey will follow given the sense of feeling of parents of those with younger children and the growing evidence of harm to them from
Smartphone access. Why do we always have to be last? (except for assisted dying).

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

The conversation isn't about using smartphones for learning, its about not giving children access. Appreciate it's a divisive topic but clearly around the world the impact of children's access to smartphones is being discussed and action taken in many jurisdictions, as is the case in Barnet. France already bans the use of phones at any time in all schools for children up to age 15 (save for limited educational circumsatnces permitted by each school). Jersey is not immune to these discussions or demands from parents with young children who want to see smart-phone free schools. I expect we will see similar changes in Jersey as we have seen in our nearest neighbours UK and France in due course. https://t.co/KJ9WVX9CsZ….

[Dominic Jones @DominicCJones]

@lever_colin @deputyrobward @DeputyAlves This was interesting as it acknowleges harm but that its not the only approach we need. I would agree. “Our study suggests that school policies are not the silver bullet for preventing the detrimental impacts of smartphone and social media use."